Kang Chol defiant to the end as he leaves country


KUALA LUMPUR: Media hordes converged for hours outside the North Korean embassy and at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on the day Kang Chol was expelled from the country – a culmination of the diplomatic spat sparked by the ambassador’s scathing attacks against Malaysia following Kim Jong-nam’s murder.

A media scrum, who had camped at the airport since morning, surrounded the man of the hour as he exited his official car at 4.40pm.

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